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  • jdee84
    jdee84 Posts: 289
    It's the England way! All out still 100 behind?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,396
    Root failing to make his reprieve count. It was all looking so good at tea, been a bit of a disaster since. There’s Bazball and there’s being stupid.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,492
    Utter madness
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Dying by the sword and all that…
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Great fun. 138 runs behind and it looks like Lyon is out for the match (and possibly the series).
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,977
    England just want to let Australia have a chance to make it more interesting. Knock these runs over and then declare at lunch tomorrow.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,804
    kingstongraham said:

    England just want to let Australia have a chance to make it more interesting. Knock these runs over and then declare at lunch tomorrow.

    If they declare in this innings I will go down to Lords and strangle Stokes and "Baz"
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    A terrible start.
    Only the tail left after this pair.
    Could get ugly.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,396
    Bairstow needs to justify his continued selection now.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,977
    Why do they keep doing what Australia want?

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    kingstongraham Posts: 27,977

  • jdee84
    jdee84 Posts: 289
    Stoke's isn't justifying his selection so far this series. Although to be fair his Bowling and Batting avg in all Ashes tests are the wrong way round.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    Pross said:

    Bairstow needs to justify his continued selection now.

    Pretty much their only chance of getting close to parity now.
    One thing England do better than all the rest: collapse.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    And now he’s out.
    Ashes being lost in this session
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,396
    blazing_saddles said:

    And now he’s out.
    Ashes being lost in this session

    Think it was lost in that hour after tea yesterday to be honest. They had the Aussies on the ropes and all they could do was a hail Mary of sticking 5 fielders out on the hook / pull then bowl short hoping the batsmen would be stupid enough to stick to their pledge of taking on the challenge which they duly did. It's one thing to play expansive, exciting cricket but you can do that whilst still using your brain. If they'd refused to be drawn into it the Aussies would have had to try something else after a few overs. England were already scoring at 5 an over at that point whilst batting sensibly and the Aussies had lost their most dangerous looking bowler.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    All over
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,977
    Pross said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    And now he’s out.
    Ashes being lost in this session

    Think it was lost in that hour after tea yesterday to be honest. They had the Aussies on the ropes and all they could do was a hail Mary of sticking 5 fielders out on the hook / pull then bowl short hoping the batsmen would be stupid enough to stick to their pledge of taking on the challenge which they duly did. It's one thing to play expansive, exciting cricket but you can do that whilst still using your brain. If they'd refused to be drawn into it the Aussies would have had to try something else after a few overs. England were already scoring at 5 an over at that point whilst batting sensibly and the Aussies had lost their most dangerous looking bowler.
    100% agree. The daft thing is that the captain and supposed architect of the madness came in and didn't do that. But then didn't score runs either, so I don't know.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,396
    Very retro by England.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,423
    Pross said:

    Bairstow needs to justify his continued selection now.

    I think we'd have won the first test with Foakes.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,423
    kingstongraham said:

    Pross said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    And now he’s out.
    Ashes being lost in this session

    Think it was lost in that hour after tea yesterday to be honest. They had the Aussies on the ropes and all they could do was a hail Mary of sticking 5 fielders out on the hook / pull then bowl short hoping the batsmen would be stupid enough to stick to their pledge of taking on the challenge which they duly did. It's one thing to play expansive, exciting cricket but you can do that whilst still using your brain. If they'd refused to be drawn into it the Aussies would have had to try something else after a few overs. England were already scoring at 5 an over at that point whilst batting sensibly and the Aussies had lost their most dangerous looking bowler.
    100% agree. The daft thing is that the captain and supposed architect of the madness came in and didn't do that. But then didn't score runs either, so I don't know.
    Once Stokes stopped playing the short balls Australia stopped delivering them. They should never have been playing at them like that.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,490
    All England can do now is pray for rain, and lots of it.
    Or allow Stop Oil to dig up the square.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,423
    I don't mind watching them get beaten fair and square. Watching them play stupidly and throw away good positions is much harder to watch.
  • wallace_and_gromit
    wallace_and_gromit Posts: 3,512
    Dorset_Boy said:

    All England can do now is pray for rain, and lots of it.
    Or allow Stop Oil to dig up the square.

    Shades (in reverse) of Headingley in 1975, when the "Free George Davis" campaign vandalised the pitch before the start of the final day - by covering it in oil.

    Aussie opener Rick McCosker was left high and dry on 95 not out, likely deprived of a maiden test century.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,423
    Need wickets and fast...
  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    Game looks gone.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,423
    It looks like challenging conditions but England don't seem to be getting the luck - lots of play and miss, but not taking the edge.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,804
    Thank goodness there's going to be some cycling on to take our minds off this.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,396
    The Aussies now copying England’s tactics of throwing away wickets to short pitched bowling.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,423


    Could be worse. 50k on the MTB this morning too!
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,423
    OK it's gone on sideways for some reason, great...

    That's the Stokes no ball catch there

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